Senior Systems Engineer

Location: Boston,Massachusetts,United States

Income Research + Management is a Boston-based, privately owned, investment grade fixed income asset management firm.  IR+M delivers strong performance and consistent results through a rigorous, bottom-up security selection process and strives to provide best-in-class client service to our 900+ institutional and private wealth clients.   

Founded in 1987 and located in the heart of Boston’s financial district, IR+M employs 200+ full time professionals and currently manages $126+ Billion in assets. IR+M has a fast-paced, open office environment that is driven by a motivated and collaborative workforce. We offer industry-leading benefits, as well as a challenging, collegial, and rewarding workplace with high levels of employee engagement.  

Open Position: Senior Systems Engineer

Income Research & Management seeks an individual with solid system administration skills in server, storage and network. This individual will join the Infrastructure and Cybersecurity team and assist in the ongoing design, expansion and maintenance of our on-prem and Azure cloud infrastructure.   

An ideal candidate will have strong technical skills, especially in physical and virtual server management, storage and network optimization, capacity planning, Active Directory management, and overall infrastructure maintenance. S/he is expected to work well in a collaborative environment and show attention to detail.  This is a hands-on role. A successful candidate must be able to think on their feet and demonstrate an ability to solve unique problems in stressful situations.   

Location: Boston, MA (Hybrid 2 days in office, with occasional travel to Lowell, MA) 

Responsibilities: 

Server & Virtualization Management 

• Manage, maintain, and optimize Windows Server environments. 

• Design, implement, and administer Hyper-V failover clusters for high availability and performance. 

• Deploy and manage Microsoft SQL Server failover clusters, ensuring resilience and recoverability. 

Storage & Backup Systems 

• Administer enterprise storage platforms, including Pure Storage arrays and Exagrid backup targets. 

• Manage iSCSI storage networks and ensure efficient, reliable connectivity across clustered environments. 

• Oversee Veeam backup and recovery solutions, including testing, monitoring, and documentation of DR processes. 

Security & Compliance 

• Apply operating system and application patch management across production and disaster recovery environments. 

• Enforce security best practices, access controls, and compliance requirements. 

• Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and incident response. 

Infrastructure & Cloud Integration 

• Contribute t